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1
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What are the four characteristics that best describes a hazardous waste?

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Ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, toxicity

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2
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A liquid is ignitable if it has a flash point (lowest temperature at which combustion occurs) of less than ___

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60 degerees

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3
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A liquid with pH level of ___ is considered corrosive

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5 to 7 and 12.5 or more

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A waste is said to be ____ if it has the ability to eat through containers or dissolve metal

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Corrosive

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5
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This is not included in the three aspects related to sustainable management

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Company

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6
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Three aspects of sustainable management

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Environment, needs of present and future generations, and economy

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7
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It is not a sustainable goal

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No to plastics

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8
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What is the sustainable development goals plan of action on sustainable cities and communities

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enhance inclusive urbanization

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9
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By what year should the sustainable development goals be accomplished

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2030

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10
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____ is a sustainable development goal that conserves and sustainably uses the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development

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life below water

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11
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What SDG ensures inclusive, equitable and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all?

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Quality Education

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12
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Toxic substances and hazardous and nuclear wastes control act of 1990 is also known as

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RA 6969

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13
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This is a method in hazardous waste treatment that is very common yet controversial for its negative environmental effect which is air pollution

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incineration

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14
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A secure hazardous waste landfill must consist of the

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  1. Upper system layer for prevention of leachate accumulation.
  2. Lower system layer for backup
  3. leachate collection system
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15
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It is the identification, monitoring of impacts, and design to improve facilities that can greatly help meet the goal of helping reduce the negative impact in our environment

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Environmental impact management

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16
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This is in general are wastes that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment

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hazardous waste

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17
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This chemical is a man-made oil used as dielectrics in electrical equipment because of its resistance to high temperature and pressure

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Polychlorinated Biphenyl

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18
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  1. Total ban on products
  2. Limitations in usage
  3. Gradual phase-out
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The following are the product specifications in CCos

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19
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  1. Eliminate the production and use of intentionally produced POPs
  2. Eliminate or reduce unintentionally produced POPs
  3. Manage proper and environmentally sound disposal of POP wastes
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Provisions for Stockholm convention

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20
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Description of POPs

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  1. Always contain carbon
  2. Accumulate in fatty issues
  3. Harmful to humans
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21
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This type of POP is produced intentionally

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Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals

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22
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12 POPs

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Aldrin
Chlordane
DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)
Dieldrin
Endrin
Heptachlor
Hexachlorobenzene
Mirex
Toxaphene
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs)
Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs)

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23
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The government agency that controls the usage of fertilizers and pesticides

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DA - FPA

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24
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The government agency that controls the usage of dangerous drugs

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DDB - PDEA

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25
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The government agency that controls the usage of industrial chemicals

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DENR EMB

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26
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The DOST - PNRI is in-charge on what controlled chemicals

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Radioactive chemicals

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27
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It is the propagation of noise with harmful impact on the activity of human or animal life

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noise pollution

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28
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According to WHO the allowed noise level for residential areas is

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50dB

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29
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It is the waste that contains radioactive material and is usually a by-product of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology, such as research and medicine

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Radioactive Waste

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30
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Exposure to radioactive waste may cause health impacts due to ionizing radiation exposure. True or false?

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True

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31
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It is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product’s life from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling

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Life-cycle assessment
life cycle analysis
cradle to grave analysis

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32
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It is a system and database which integrates procedures and processes for training of personnel, monitoring, summarizing, and reporting of specialized environmental performance information to internal and external stakeholders

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Environmental management system

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33
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The goals of EMS are to increase compliance and waste

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False

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34
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What are the established models or environmental management systems ?

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ISO 14001: 2015
ISO 14005: 2019
Eco-management and audit scheme

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35
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When did the UN announce the 2030 agenda

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September 2015

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36
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Aims to conserve the environment of marine wildlife

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SDG 14

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37
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It is the document produced as a result of the effects on the environment caused by a development

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Environment Impact Statement

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38
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SDG # that targets to end world hunger by 2030

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SDG 2 - Zero Hunger

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39
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What do several different populations living together make?

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community

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40
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Which is an example of an abiotic element changing an area

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water flooding the area

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41
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two members of the same species fight over who gets a certain food. Mmebers of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of

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competition

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42
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When there is a lot of pollution, rain can be acidic, harming plants and animals. What is this an example of?

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An abiotic factor affecting an ecosystem

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43
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The speed of water is an important abiotic factor in a freshwater ecosystem because

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Animals must adapt so they are not washed away

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44
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A community is several species of animals interacting, while a population is

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members of one species in an area

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44
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What word describes the mammals, fish, birds, and plants that live in an environment

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biotic

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45
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Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight area called

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producers

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46
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The largest population an environment can support is its

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carrying capacity

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47
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Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivorse are all

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consumers

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48
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Bears eat fruits such as berries and animals such as fish. They hibernate in the winter. They give birth to live young.

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They are consumers

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49
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Suppose there were a bird that always sat on a horse’s back and ate the insects that would bite the horse

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Mutualism

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50
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When a parasitic worm invades an animal, who is the host?

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the animal

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51
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In which relationship do living things help each other?

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Mutualism

52
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What level of organization comes after population

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community

53
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Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are

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omnivores

54
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After one species disappears, the other species in the ecosystem

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are thrown out of balance

55
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grass that gains energy from the sun is an example of

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Producer

56
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Rocks, temperature, and water are what part of the environment

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abiotic

57
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a bird eats a worm. Who is the predator?

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the bird

58
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It cause alkalinity as well as hardness in natural water

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calcium carbonate, calcium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate

59
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Temporary hardness is caused due to

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Magnesium carbonate

60
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Permanent hardness is caused due to

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magnesium sulphate

61
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the process of nutrient enrichment is termed as

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Eutrophication

62
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It is a bacterial species found in the fecal matter of warm-blooded animals (humans, other mammals, and birds)

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Escherichia coli

63
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Water quality is manifested in the basic physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of water.

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alkalinity, hardness, salinity

64
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It is a physical property of water that refers to the organic salts and small amounts of organic matter present in the solution

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Total dissolved solids

65
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Increased salinity and increased alkalinity are consequences of

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Having more dissolved ions in a water sample

66
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It is a measurement of the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) that is used by aerobic organisms when decomposing organic matter in water

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Biological oxygen demand

67
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It is a measure of the capacity of water to consume oxygen during the decomposition of organic matter and the oxidation of inorganic chemicals such as ammonia and nitrite

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chemical oxygen demand

68
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It is the term used to collect solid wastes from wastewater

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Sludge

69
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ozonation, chlorination, UV light treatment are common

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methods of water disinfection

70
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It refers to the process by which fine particulates are caused to clump together into a floc. The floc may then float to the top of the liquid (creaming), settle to the bottom of the liquid (sedimentation) or readily filtered from the liquid

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Flocculation

71
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It declared that the state shall pursue a policy of economic growth in a manner consistent with the protection, preservation and revival of the quality of fresh, brackish, and marine waters

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RA 9275

72
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The DENR administrative order is to prevent, abate, and control industrial pollution. It sets the effluent standards in terms of concentration and/or volume that any wastewater discharge coming from a point source i.e industrial plants and municipal sewerage systems should meet

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DAO 53

73
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A body of water that contains not more than 500ppm dissolved common salt, sodium chloride, such that in ground water, rivers, ponds, and lakes

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freshwater

74
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A subsurface water that occurs beneath a water table in a soils and rocks, or in geological formations

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groundwater

75
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A water body classification in the philippines that is under public water supply class I and is intended primarily for water having watershed, which are uninhabited and/or otherwise declared as protected areas, and which require only approved disinfection to meet the latest PNSDW

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Class AA

76
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A water body classification in the philippines that is under Public water supply class II and is intended as source of water supply requiring conventional treatment (coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection) to meet the lastest PNSDW

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Class A

77
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This refers to the process of removing undesirable chemicals, biological contaminants, suspended solids, and gases from water

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water purification

78
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Population of organisms that live in and interact in a particular area form a(n)

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community

79
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the study of interactions between living things and their environment is

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ecology

80
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a spider that feeds on live insects is an example of

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predator

81
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the part of eath where life exist is the

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biosphere

82
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when the close interaction between two ogranisms result in long term changes in both organisms ___ has taken place

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coevolution

83
Q

Greater air quality index of a region, more polluted is the air

A

True

84
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CO, O3, PM2.5, NH3, PM10, Pb, NO2, SO2 are considered when measuring air quality

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true

85
Q

What range of air quality index has most severe impact on human health

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401-500

86
Q

electrostatic precipitator and bag filters

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are used to control particulate matter

87
Q

tomato, tobacco, watermelon

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are the indicator of ozone pollution

88
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Ozone (O3)
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Nitrogen oxides (NOx)
Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
Particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5)
Lead (Pb)

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major pollutants

89
Q

The major contributor of carbon monoxide is

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motor vehicle

90
Q

ozone is naturally found in

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stratosphere

91
Q

ozone is formed in the upper atmosphere by a photochemical reaction with

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Ultraviolet solar radiation

92
Q

The principal source of volatile organics (hydrocarbons) is

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motor vehicle

93
Q

As defined in RA 8749, this refers to the areas with common weather or meteorological conditions and sources of air pollution which affect the interchage and diffusion of pollution in the surrounding atmosphere

A

Airshed

94
Q

Based on what kyoto protocol set emission reduction targets for the group of greenhouse gases

A

carbon dioxide equivalents

95
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when did kyoto protocol entered into force

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2005

96
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When is the first commitment period for the kyoto protocol expired

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2012

97
Q

What are the substances present in the ozone layer depleting substances controlled by the montereal protocol

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Either chlorine or bromine

98
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Which amendment was agreed to phase down HFCs under the montereal protocol

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Kigali amendment

99
Q

Stabilization and reconstruction of greenhouse gases

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Kyoto Protocol objective

100
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Flexibility mechanisms of kyoto protocol that can be used by annex parties

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International emissions trading
joint implementation
clean development mechanism

101
Q

It causes acid rain

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air pollution

102
Q

What are the two acids formed when gases react with the tiny droplets of water in clouds

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sulphur acid and nitric acid

103
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acid rain can affect the plants through

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removing nutrients from the soil

104
Q

which is the most acidic in pH scale

A

0

105
Q

It is an important heat trapping gas

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carbon dioxide

106
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Reason for sea level rise

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expansion of sea water

107
Q

IPCC means

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

108
Q

How climate leads to conflict in vulnerable regions

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by shortage of food and water

109
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What measures the global warming rate

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climatologist

110
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How human activity has influenced global warming?

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by changing the radiative balance governing the earth

111
Q

It is the anthropogenic radiative forcing of climate

A

Aerosols

112
Q

Why burning waste is not an acceptable practice of solid waste management?

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because it causes several environmental issues

113
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The term ‘Municipal solid waste’ management is reduced on an individual level

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Non-hazardous

114
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Which of the integrated waste management is reduced on an individual level

A

Source reduction

115
Q

Which of the following can be recycled many times?

A

Aluminum

116
Q

What is called for the process of burning municipal waste in a properly designed furnace under suitable temperature and operating conditions?

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Incineration

117
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This act provides for an ecological solid waste management program, including creation of necessary institutional mechanisms and incentives, declaration of certain acts prohibited and providing penalties, and appropriation of funds

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RA 9003

118
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Law for Toxic Substance

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RA 6969

119
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Law for water

A

RA 9275

120
Q

These are sites where waste is isolated from the environment until it is safe

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sanitary landfill

121
Q

This refers to the thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures in an inert atmosphere

A

pyrolysis

122
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These are plastics that can be decomposed by the action of living organisms, usually bacteria

A

biodegradable plastics

123
Q

What are the key to effective composting

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material disturbance, moisture, warm temperatures

124
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Full partial hydrogeological isolation
formal engineering preparations
planned waste emplacement and covering

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Basic conditions for sanitary landfill

125
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What layer is considered as the lowest in sanitary landfill is considered as the lowest layer which serves as foundation and prevents seeping in/out of liquids?

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Liner system

126
Q

It is the amount of solid pollutants such as dust and soot that could be found in the air

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Total suspended particulates

127
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Acidic components in the atmosphere can fall through

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rain, hail, snow

128
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